ECHA's board of appeal upholds decision against Dow

9:52 AM MDT | June 26, 2013 | Michael Ravenscroft

The board of appeal of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) has upheld an ECHA decision rejecting a read-across approach proposed by Dow Benelux and, consequently, requesting information on prenatal developmental toxicity, ECHA says. Dow had requested the annulation of an ECHA decision taken after a compliance check under the dossier evaluation procedure, part of the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (Reach) program. Dow was required to submit information on prenatal developmental toxicity for...